Final Piece Plans

For my final piece, I had the idea of merging together two photos, making them one. I decided to use photos of my mum and I and join them together to make one face. As I am looking at the theme of 'different perspectives', I thought that this would show how the two generations are viewed differently, perhaps by using two different mediums, colours or texture on both halves to represent this. 

Here I tried using biro on both halves which I think works because one side is darker than the other, but I would like to show a larger, more obvious contrast between the two. 

On the left I used charcoal and on the right, pencil. I like the strong contrasts in tone however I feel that it does not depict the difference between the two generations. 

Here I used pencil and biro, and I think the biro is a good medium because it shows the sharp, harsh lines which could represent age. However, I think that the left side medium should be in colour to create an even bigger contrast. 

To the left I used oil pastels which I think work well but I feel that there should be a different sort of use of colour and it should be more expressive to show the reckless nature of the youth. 

I tried out using a modern fashion magazine contrasting with a newspaper collage but found it difficult to get a lot of detail into the collage which is what I want in my final piece. 

Here I tried out using expressive watercolour on the left and I feel that this works the best because it reflects the reckless nature of the youth and the biro shows a more reserved nature. On the right I added some watercolours blotches to show that parts of the subject's youth are still there, and likewise with biro on the left. I feel that this represents my interpretation of 'different perspectives' the best and would like to use it for my final piece.